4-H Parade Delights Bonham With Band and Ice Cream Fun
The 4-H girls and boys paraded on the square Friday evening at seven, watched by many friends as a lively band played. Ice cream was provided after by Texas Power and Light Co and Bonham Ice Cream Co, with Jimmie Cameron serving all. A. H. Jenkins donated the Bonham Nat to the 4-H clubs encamped for an early morning plunge.
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Bonham
Texas Power and Light Co
Bonham Ice Cream Co
Jimmie Cameron
Chamber of Commerce
Dream Land
A. H. Jenkins
Bop Carswell
Minnie Eldridge
Montion
John S. Boon
John Spivey
Maniac slays family at West Rock Park cliff
New Haven reports Raymond Spang, an eccentric, killed his wife and four children by tossing them from a 400 foot precipice at West Rock Park. He then leaped to his death after firing at the crowd. A sixth member died later in hospital. Spang had been an asylum inmate and recently unemployed.
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New Haven
Conn
Raymond Spang
West Rock Park
Spang
Friday Night Entertainment At 4 H Club Encampment
A large 4 H encampment program closed with a Sim Smith film show and a parade. Three hundred sixty four members enjoyed stunts, a style review, a sing along led by County Agent Carswell, and a Bonham Band concert.
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Sim Smith
Peeler Drug Store
Bonham Municipal Band
Carswell
Bonham Chamber of Commerce Club Service Committee
Smith
Mr. Smith
Reveille
Coast Guard Boat Rams Another in Early Morning
A guard patrol boat collided with a pleasure craft Avra in early morning darkness near New London Connecticut. Five aboard the Anna including owner William Nordenhole were rescued from the water.
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United Press
New London
Smmedana
Avra
Bank Robbery Spree Ends with Abduction Narrow Escape
United Press reports cashier Henry Green of Barrow, Ohio was kidnapped by bandits who tied his wife and seized him to force entry to a bank vault. The couple freed, Green notified authorities. bank previously robbed twice this year. In Mineral Wells, Brazos river bridge sections were swept away by floodwaters, destroying structures and disrupting trains.
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Brazos River
Pickwick
Brownsville Weevils Fought by Airplane
Brownsville reports a new field method as a specially equipped airplane dusts cotton plants with calcium arsenate and Paris green to combat weevils. Pilot L. B. Day said air dusting covers 300 acres in about 1.5 hours, much faster than ground methods.
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Brownsville
Ball Weevills
Ll. B. Day
Man Drowns Little Boy and Takes Own Life in Florida
In Jacksonville Louis Weis 60 drowned his invalid son Francis in a bathtub and then shot himself. Mrs Weis said the son had suffered infantile paralysis since birth and the mother doubted the account. A separate Boston notice reports a 15-year-old who claimed to be "True X" shot a pawnbroker during an attempted holdup, but authorities doubt his claimed identity.
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United Pres
Jacksonville
Fla
Louis Weis
Francis
Nith
Weir
United Press
Boston
Taree X
New York
Frank J. Page
Bey
U S Refuses To Accept Death of Rum Suspect
United Press reports the US doubts the death of Dominic Tarro, alleged Beard bootlegger, whose body was found in the Sangamon river. Authorities maintain Tarro is alive and will surface, amid claims he was kidnapped to avoid trial on prohibition law violations.
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United Press
Springfield
Sengamon River
Dominic Tarro
Beald
Tarro
Hi Hooks
Domin, Tarra
Tarre
United States
M. Provine
Provine
Albert Blewett
Allugen
Sangamon River
Petersburg
Blewett
Wisconsin
Worse and Worse on the Wireless and Talkies
The Humorist laments popular tunes flooding wireless and talkies and extending to nerves. He suggests the era’s media saturation wears on listeners, with music and cinema dominating attention and mood.
Notice of Bus Schedule Changes Bonham to Greenville
United Press reports a revision of bus schedules between Bonham and Greenville authorized by Northeast Texas Coaches. Public notice will be given detailing the changes and affected times.
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Bonham-Greenville
United Press
Austin
Ueter
Grant
Texas
Treenville
Aloffi
Atu
Chan
Hee
Three X Declares Mission Ended Heading to Russia
In New York on June 21 a mysterious figure known as Three X announced in a letter to the Evening Journal that his mission was finished. He claimed responsibility for killings including Noel Lowley and Joseph Meyinski and threatened others, saying he is now en route to Russia.
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United Press
New York
The
Evening Journal
Russia
Noel Lowley
Joseph Meyinski
Rooster Inmate Faces Odd Trial Tale in Youngstown
In Mahoning County a so called literate rooster named Prime caused a court scene as Frank Miller, owner Shively, and deputy Sorville clashed over alleged poultry theft. Prime reportedly strutted into the courtroom, flapped, and crowed while the proceedings paused, ending with a humorous end note about a nine day sentence.
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Youngstown, CO
Frank Miller
Mahoning
Shively
Petween Mile
Ogurt
Malle
Ouest
Kinaly
Sher
Sorville
Ca Vurt
Priscalle
Texas Cotton Co op Drives Signups in South Texas
South Texas farmers sign for the Texas Cotton Co operative Association with 200 farmers at Robstown and 50 in Taft pledging marketing contracts. Robstown control 61,000 acres of cotton with annual reduction of over 30,000 bales. Chairmen predict 60 to 90 percent signing by upcoming deadlines across about 30 counties.
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South Texas
Will Pour Oil on Troubled Waters in Texas Land Affairs
A Texas land dispute prompts calls for oil industry intervention as committee members clash over sales. Key figures Gow Moods and Yeustate operate amid friction between the state board and the committee, with unresolved issues threatening progress.
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Texas Land Affairs
Madison
Texas Land
First Bale Cotton Reported from the Rio Grande Valley
First bale of cotton in the Rio Grande Valley reported amid notes on local taxes and public works. The report references bonds and expenditures including utilities, electrical, gas, and electric railways, with figures in the hundreds of millions. The text mentions Assessor Bonkrant and a 19480s era context.
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Rio Grande Valley
Weather forecast for Texas fair to night and Sunday
Forecast notes fair to night and Sunday with little change in temperature. Maximum around sixty eight and minimum near sixty seven. Occasional showers possible in the southwest and near the western areas. Kas Devas Generali reports from the local station in the south night and Sunday outlook.
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Kas Devas Generali
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Maniac
New London, Connecticut
Asiver
Howe
State Bank & Trust CO
Thien
Terril
New York Evening Post
Finner Sprake
Beton Shoe
Ivather
U. S
George Jo Schuppe
Bonham, Texas
Three X
New York City
Cahly Sad
S. Texas
Cotton Cooperative
Tigate Pve
Harlingen
Texarnkana M WN. Bers
Fr. Bonkrant
Arkarsas
Ogert
Athansas
Ratter
Carles
Dias Valles Animos
Ime
United Pre Harlingen
Rezeho
Junette
Chris
Ana
York
Cote Solis
Palm Beach
H. L. Rodgers Company
Fem
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